Is hicine.biz safe?
http://hicine.biz/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 4 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Hicine is a 33-day-old gateway page that auto-redirects visitors to hicine.xyz and pushes a 'Download' button to an unrelated file host.
hicine.biz presents itself as the 'OFFICIAL SITE' for Hicine, an entertainment discovery platform, but the page does not host that content itself. Instead it automatically sends the browser to hicine.xyz and offers a 'Download →' link that points to api.wavestream.cc, a different domain. The registrable domain is only 33 days old, and the page is served over plain HTTP with no redirect to HTTPS. Independent research describes Hicine as a movie and TV discovery service, but that description is the site's own promotional text and does not explain why the .biz address funnels visitors elsewhere. The combination of a brand-new domain, an automatic cross-domain redirect, and an off-site download prompt is the reason for the High Risk score.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 38/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 2 findings pulled the score down; 1 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- StrongThe page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site.-9 pts
- ModerateA 'Download →' control on the page points to api.wavestream.cc, a different domain from the one being visited.-4 pts
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the site.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 51 to 38 and split those 13 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
hicine.biz presents itself as the 'OFFICIAL SITE' for Hicine, an entertainment discovery platform, but the page does not host that content itself. Instead it automatically sends the browser to hicine.xyz and offers a 'Download →' link that points to api.wavestream.cc, a different domain. The registrable domain is only 33 days old, and the page is served over plain HTTP with no redirect to HTTPS. Independent research describes Hicine as a movie and TV discovery service, but that description is the site's own promotional text and does not explain why the .biz address funnels visitors elsewhere. The combination of a brand-new domain, an automatic cross-domain redirect, and an off-site download prompt is the reason for the High Risk score.
Automatic redirect and off-site download prompt
The page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site, https://hicine.xyz/. A visitor who lands on hicine.biz does not stay there; the browser is moved to a different domain without an obvious choice being made.
The page also shows a 'Download →' control. That link points to api.wavestream.cc, a third domain that is not the site being visited. The nature of the file offered there is not established by the evidence, but the flow moves the visitor from a brand-new domain to an external file host.
Visual review of the page shows a 'Click Here redirect' element alongside 'HICINE' and 'OFFICIAL SITE' text, reinforcing that the page's main purpose is to move visitors onward rather than to serve content itself.
Technical checks versus operator transparency
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the site, and a valid TLS certificate exists for the host. Those are clean technical signals, but they only mean no detection was recorded at scan time; they do not establish who runs the site or what the download contains.
The scanned address was served over plain HTTP with no redirect to HTTPS, so the connection to it was not encrypted. The registrable domain is only 33 days old, which is consistent with a newly created funnel rather than an established service.
The page builds its content with scripts, so its own contact details were not visible to the page reader and were not reviewed. No operator identity, registration, or contact information is confirmed by the evidence.
What independent research says about Hicine
Independent research describes Hicine as an entertainment discovery platform for trending movies, TV series, anime and shows, and names hicine.xyz as the official Hicine website. That description is the site's own promotional text and does not explain why the .biz address exists as a separate redirecting gateway.
Why the score is 38
The page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsSaved analysis from October 25, 2026 - stale
No detections across 58 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 35 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekernewly registered websites
- Googlemedia_and_entertainment
- Sophosvideo hosting
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual warning signs were identified
HICINE OFFICIAL SITE Click Here
What the captured page showed
3 observations- 01
HICINE
- 02
OFFICIAL SITE
- 03
Click Here
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Hicine
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Hicine
What we observed
Saved browser evidence recorded forced redirects.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
2 of the 6 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Aggressive Ads & Malvertising
Service and business model
Streaming Piracy
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site.
- 02The registrable domain is 33 days old.
- 03The page builds its content with scripts, so its own contact details were not visible to the page reader and were not reviewed.
Web research findings
Independent findings for hicine.biz, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for hicine.biz. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainhicine.biz
- Redirects tohicine.biz
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencestagivi.com · sstatic1.histats.com
Domain Timeline
- Sep 23, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 33 days old when this review was saved.
- Oct 26, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
hicine.biz was registered very recently when this review was saved and was already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
Certificate issued for hicine.biz.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site. · A 'Download →' control on the page points to api.wavestream.cc, a different domain from the one being visited.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Oct 25, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 3 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 25, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result3 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is hicine.biz safe to stream on?
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Why does hicine.biz have so many pop-ups and ads?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Hicine is a 33-day-old gateway page that auto-redirects visitors to hicine.xyz and pushes a 'Download' button to an unrelated file host.
hicine.biz presents itself as the 'OFFICIAL SITE' for Hicine, an entertainment discovery platform, but the page does not host that content itself. Instead it automatically sends the browser to hicine.xyz and offers a 'Download →' link that points to api.wavestream.cc, a different domain. The registrable domain is only 33 days old, and the page is served over plain HTTP with no redirect to HTTPS. Independent research describes Hicine as a movie and TV discovery service, but that description is the site's own promotional text and does not explain why the .biz address funnels visitors elsewhere. The combination of a brand-new domain, an automatic cross-domain redirect, and an off-site download prompt is the reason for the High Risk score.
09 · Community
Community
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